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"Do we have to go back there Max?" Angel asked as she sat next to me in the hospital bed. Her legs dangling off the side of the bed while she laid her head down on the pillow her blond, bouncy locks framing her face looking as sweet and innocent as ever.
"No. Never again, honey" I said, smoothing her curls down.
We were currently still at the hospital and as much as I refused to lay down any longer, insisting that I was better and didn't need any treatment or whatever, I ended up still trapped to this bed, in a enclosed area of a room with a penetrating stench of anestheptic, and hospital meals which had a minimum of everything. I just had a broken arm, leg, a fractured spine, a broken hand and two broken ribs…ok maybe I do need to stay here a little bit longer. They said I'd have to stay here for a week, but since I have faster healing id say about four more days.
Just then Iggy came running into the room a light shade of red covering his cheeks from running and trying to catch his breath. He slammed the door shut and locked it.
" What'd you do this time Ig?" I asked sighing.
"Well…"
"Cut to the chase" I said again rolling my eyes
"I was in the cafeteria and I was getting some food and I saw this really hot girl so I was walking towards her when one of my bombs fell out o-"
"Iggy! This is no place for Bombs! D-"
"let me finish" He interrupted. I huffed and leaned back against the bed.
"Fine, go on"
"Alright, as I was saying. So it fell out of my pocket and I must've forgot to reset it so it rolled into the kitchen part of the cafeteria At least I think that's what I felt and it went right between this old lady's feet, but she was leaning against the wall. So I snuck into the kitchen and I like kinda tried to feel around for it. But she noticed me. I think she got the wrong impression because the next thing I know cops are chasing after me and there was a big boom." He finished with a long intake of breath.
I sat there dumbfounded
"You're a butt" I murmured
He sat down relieved on the floor
"phew! I thought you were going to like thro-" before he could finish I threw a pillow at him and slapped him upside the head
He rubbed the back of his head where I hit him.
"Oww. It's not my fault she got the wrong impression." He said wincing slightly. "Well at least I got the hot girl's phone number." He said smiling victoriously as he held up the piece of paper like it was the only thing in the world.
"No you don't" said Angel, as she leapt up from the bed.
Iggy got this dumb confused look on his face. "What's that supposed to me-" He got cut off as Angel snatched the crumpled paper out of Iggy's hand and ran out of the room. Just for fun I slapped him upside the head again.
"hey! Oww! Wait! Angel! Max! urggh. Come back here Angel" Iggy said incoherently as he ran out of the room and trailed the sound of Angel's steps.
"wait Iggy I thought the cops were after y-" I heard the sound of an officers voice coming in his direction.
I could barely the make out the sound of Iggy cussing and yelled, "Iggy! Don't use that kind of language!" Right as I called out Fang walked in carrying a meal on a tray that must've been from the cafeteria and set it down on the bed tray table for me insisting that I eat. Unlike rats and food from the garbage this was a decent meal. I gulped it all up in like 15 seconds. Not very lady likey but hey, I was hungry and when I'm hungry I eat.
Fang had stayed by my side the whole time I've been here and I forced him out of the room so he could eat and after about 100 times of me convincing, he finally did, but with a little help from Angel.
After I was finished eating Fang stared in wonderment
"What? Never seen a girl eat before?" I ask kind of self conscious
"actually no." Fang said as he sat down on the chair next to the bed.
I looked at him confused. "Every girl that I've seen almost always eat small salads and don't even finish it" Fang said looking at me with his deep, dark eyes.
"This is new. I like it." I blushed deeply but tried to cover it up by looking away, and out the window. Apparently he saw it but before he could say anything I turned my head back around when I knew that my face was back to normal and said, "I want to get up"
Fang smirked sadly and said, "I'm sorry Max but the doctor said-"
"I don't give a tomato farm what the doctor said, I'm going to get up." I brought my head up and swung my legs around. I ignored the pain it caused and continued to get up with my arms. I winced slightly as I twisted my already broken arm wrong.
"Max" Fang said worriedly, "Are you ok? You need to get back in your bed" Fang said standing up, now holding me back.
"Ok, that's what I'll do. If you let me get up I'll go back to 'my house' and get in 'my bed'." I said reasonably, glancing up as his dark black hair fell into his obsidian eyes. Before he could say anything I swiftly got up and swung myself around. Pain erupted in my leg. I suddenly felt warm, calloused, comforting hands holding me close to his chest. I looked up to see Fang holding me 'honeymoon style'.
"What do you think you are doing ms. Batchlder?" I cringed at the name.
"That's ms. Martinez to you" I said stubbornly "and" I reasoned, "I was trying to get in my bed like you said but I guess you can't make up your mind. Can you?"
"Well then" He said as he smirked "I guess I'll just have to carry you there" What?
"Fang, I swear if you don't put me down right now I'll kick your sorry as- Angel!" I was interrupted as Angel came skipping into the room.
"what are you doing here?" She smiled innocently while looking at Fang and I "Well I just came to tell you that your mom came back because Jeb called her and told her about the 'incident' She said while Fang still cradled me in his arms.
"Thanks Angel" I said awkwardly as she giggled and skipped out of the room seeing as she must've read my mind. A second after she skipped away I could hear her say, "Fang likes you Max" My heart stopped for a second. Fang likes me? Well yeah, that's normal, I mean I'm his friend, you're supposed to like your friends. But did she mean the other kind of like? No. Fang couldn't possibly like anyone like me in that way. I bet when he finds out what I am I guarantee he'll be scared of me just like everybody else. Wait. What was this 'when'? No. We're keeping this a secret I can't risk anybody else getting hurt because of me. Especially Fang. It's way to risky.
Fang put me back down on the hospital bed and I instantly missed the warmth of his body and arms. I slumped down in the bed and instantly started to think of a way to get out of this bed so I could stretch my wings.
"Hey Fang?" I asked as Fang looked down at me from the hospital chair near the bed, turning his attention away from the window and to me.
"yeah?" That's strange, he kind of sounded a little stunned, he tried to cover it up with the same calm façade but I could see through right through it.
"Angel said my mom is here, can you go see if she's here yet?" I said innocently
"yeah, of course" He said, sounding so sweet. He got up out of the chair and went on a search for my mom.
I sighed when I heard the door being shut quietly and feet going down the hallway, getting quieter by the second.
I then spread my white and brown speckled wings, to their full length and sighed in content when all my muscles relaxed once I had them, good and stretched I raked the feathers down with my fingers that were disfigured and amiss. Well at least as far as my arms could reach my overly large wings.
I gave them one last stretch and tucked them in. I was about to relax back down on the bed when out of the corner of my bed I saw a flash of brown downy wing flash by the window. I double looked and turned my full attention towards the window staring hard. I saw it again but this time I was able to determine what was on these wings. I could make out the silhouette of Nudge.
What does she think she's doing? Flying around a busy working place is the stupidest thing anyone could do. Surprisingly, she stopped in front of my room's window and waved her hand crazily and smiled huge. What the? All of a sudden Iggy emerged into view outside the window. He smiled nervously and I glared at him. He through his arm around Nudge and dragged her back down. She threw her hands up and cried, "weee" on the way down. I sighed. I wonder what happened this time.
Fang came back into the room and beside him was my mom.
"I came as fast as I could. Are you alright?" She asked worriedly instantly forming into mom world
"I'm fine mom" I chuckled "Just a few broken bones" she momentarily relaxed but was still a bit worried
Sensing that she wanted to talk to me alone Fang headed out of the room. Once she made sure he was far enough away she started to speak.
"As much as I hate to say this Max, but you have to move again. I can't handle you getting caught again, or come stay with me in New York, where I have my new job. Please. I will do anything to help you.
This is honestly the first time I've thought of this. As much as I wanted to deny it I knew she was right. I can't avoid this forever. We will all have to lose all of the friends we've made even if it meant Fa- . I'd have to leave him here. Maybe I just couldn't do that. He was the closest thing to love I have ever had. But not just the kind of love I have for my flock but a different meaning than that. My heart broke into a million shattered pieces and my body frail and numb. But the thing was I don't know why I'm getting so emotional over him. I mean when I left my mom I never thought that I'd see her again. Sure I was crestfallen. But not like this. I just then thought of something that made my blood run cold and made a stab in the gut. The erasers and Ari saw how Fang could fight and would report it to the white coats and then they would most definitely go after him and bring him to the school. Right now they were desperate to find anyone and would be just as glad to use Fang. But, there was nothing I could do about it. It's all my fault now. I just had to go mess everything up. One thing can't go right and stay the same forever when I do it. Nope. There's always bad to come and all because of me.
Bleh. Boring and short and all in one setting… wow not what I expected. Well review n review n review and all that other good stuff. If you do I'll be your bestest friend forever and ever. Anyone? Anyone? *cricket* pwease?